For four decades, artist, writer, curator, and teacher Nayland Blake has been at the center of discussions of queer aesthetics and contemporary art. Their work has examined racial hybridity, the ins and outs of the BDSM world, and the importance of self-representation. From interviews and critical essays to performance scripts and collage pieces, My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio gathers forty years of Blake’s groundbreaking thought and writing on their personal explorations of kink and creativity as well as on the making, teaching, and curating of art and queer culture. Whether delving into furry fandom or analyzing art, Blake bridges the art and queer kink communities. They also argue that queer artists must champion the work of their peers and elders. As Blake demonstrates throughout, sexual self-expression is an extension of artistic self-expression: they are the same. The volume includes an introduction by artist and critic Jarrett Earnest.
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A Fan Writes . . . : An Introduction by Jarrett Earnest
- The Difficulties That Afflict Us in Art School
- Assessing My Work
- Tom of Finland: An Appreciation
- The ABCs of Art Institutions
- Performance Script
- The Saddest Story I Know
- Performance Script
- The Secret Square
- One Hand Clapping: Porn Reviews
- Bay Area Conceptualism: Two Generations
- Queer Mysteries
- Interview by John Gange and Stephen Johnstone
- City of Hares: A Proposal
- Curating “In a Different Light”
- The Story of H (Excerpt)
- Hare Follies
- Jack Smith: The Message from Atlantis
- Ray Johnson: Correspondences
- Top Ten
- James Gobel
- Matthew Benedict: Shroud of Truro
- Judie Bamber: Further Horizons
- Seven Quick Notes on Writing an Artist’s Statement
- Kathy Acker: “Because I Want to Live Forever in Wonder”
- Jim Hodges: “Theme from Mantrap”
- Interview by Jesse Pearson
- Nancy Grossman: Misrecognized
- Free! Love! Tool! Box! Workbook
- Anthony Friedkin: “And I’m Carmen Miranda”—What Liberation Looks Like
- Queer at CAA
- Samwise Gamgee Cries, with Padding
- Interview by Tina Horn
- 100 Assignments: Toward a Curriculum
- Shambling Monstrosity Seeks Mad Scientist
- Embarrass, Humiliate, Degrade, Objectify: Basics of Psychological Status Play
- In My Dream Body: For Jorge Zontal and General Idea
- Yummy, Slurp! The Pippa Garner Story
- My Studio Is a Dungeon Is the Studio
- Contributors
- Index
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